Whiffletree-hook



(No Model.)

- G. W. KIMBERLEY.

WHIPFLETREE HOOK. No. 350,436. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. KIMBERLEY, OF CLEVELAND, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICKKIMBERLEY, OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO.

WHIFFLETREE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,436, dated October5, 1886.

Application filed August 23, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, GEORGE W. KIMBERLEY, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Whiflietree-Hooks, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple device to beattached to the ordinary flat or round whitfletree end for securing thetraces thereon; and it consists of a hook covering the end of the traceand hinged to a chambered support secured to the whiffletree, containingaspring'for holding the hook down, the several parts being constructed,combined, and operating substantially as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the endof a flat whiffietree having my improved trace-fastener attached. Fig. 2is alongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of around whiffletree having my hook attached.

A in the several figures represents the end of a whiflletree, which maybe of the flat or round pattermwith or withoutthe cockeye.

B is a semicircular case having ears I) Z) and a tail, N, by which it issecured to the whiflletrec with screws. In the open end of said case ishinged a hook, G, the free end of which has a bend or crook with apin-point, c, which rests in a hole in the end of the whiffletree or thecockeye in the end of the whiftletree.

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NVithin the case B is placed a spring, D, within the coils of which is arod, E, attached to the farther end of the coil, the other end having aloop engaging with a hook, d, on the main hook 0, below its pivotaljoint, the end of the spring resting against a' shoulder, e, in thecase, the tension of the spring serving to hold the hook down.

for attaching or detaching the trace.

The advantage of this device is that it can be applied to allwhiffletrees now in use without changing or altering them.

I am aware that whifiletree-hooks containing the same general elementshave before been constructed and patented. I do not, therefore, claimthe combination of these elements alone; but

IVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

The lifting of the hook compresses the spring in the act of opening it'The case B, having the ears I) b, and provided with the shoulder or wall6, in combination with a hook, G, pivoted in said case outside of saidwall, and the spring D androd E, connected with and operating in saidcase, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE W. KIMBERLEY.

Witnesses:

F. W. GADWEIJL, GEO. W. TIBBITTS.

